diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
index 0418399e0a20..c5d009715402 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ static inline void __vcpu_write_sys_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val, int reg)
 
 static void __vcpu_write_spsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
 {
-	write_sysreg_el1(val, SYS_SPSR);
+	if (has_vhe())
+		write_sysreg_el1(val, SYS_SPSR);
+	else
+		__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, SPSR_EL1) = val;
 }
 
 static void __vcpu_write_spsr_abt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)